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"Formerly hosted by the UNC TLT Collaborative, this year the TLT Conference is being hosted by UNC-Pembroke, with support by the UNC System, and will be held April 13-15, 2010 in Second Life. The presentations and demonstrations will be held on the five NC Education WeBIEE islands. NC Education is a Second Life group funded by the community colleges and open to all of North Carolina education. Registration for the 2010 UNC TLT Conference is free! You can attend from your home, office, library . . . anywhere you have a broadband internet connection -- for free!!"

An example of a educational technology conference held in Second Life. Many of our community will attend - Hope to see you there!

The 4th NLN Technology Conference Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland October 29 - November 1, 2009

Australasian Nurse Educators Conference 2009 30 September - 2 October 2009 Christchurch Convention Centre, New Zealand

"Second Life Educational Summer Retreat July 13, 2010 :: Second Life"

A educational conference in Second Life in July, 2010

This conference is online and free to the public. Mary Barzee and I attended last year, and I recommend it highly.

"Join colleagues from across the country in exploring how open access is transforming learning in higher education. Apple and MacLearning.org invite you to AcademiX 2010 for a look at open access, the new teaching methods that are evolving with it, and the Apple technologies that help make it all simple. Six 20-minute talks will expose you to successful approaches, and jump-start a provocative conversation between participants and presenters."

Mary Barzee and I attended this conference last year. It was very well done. Registeration is free and accessable via webinar.

Dr. Barksdale spoke about VoiceThread at the 2009 iNet conference. It's an excellent way to promote classroom interaction.

Copyright issues were one of the topics at the iNet conference this year. And, DUSON will hold a Teaching Conversation with the same speaker, Kevin Smith, in January.

A good introduction to Second Life from Diane Skiba, nursing professor and 2010 iNET conference keynote speaker.

Excellent ideas for using VoiceThread in the classroom. Prof. D. Barksdale spoke about her experience with VoiceThread at the 2009 iNET conference

This Youtube was developed by Chris Keesey at Ohio University. I met him as the 2009 Sloan C conference. This video was designed to promote the use of second life at the Ohio University Second Life Campus; a virtual campus featuring multiple learning and collaboration opportunities for students on the Ohio campus and all over the world. For more information contact: keesey@ohio.edu.

Quiz show that teaches about minority health issues in the U.S.

This is a good example of what we are trying to acheive with the IOM modules in the iNet Project. This Quiz show module teaches about misconception regarding minority health in the U.S. It is creative, simple, and fun to play. Check it out!